GIDEON update
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| GIDEON update # 95.1 (March 1, 1995) |
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Software Improvements
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Addition of a new 'country' designation - 'The World.' This option will allow you to generate a comprehensive differential list of, let's say, all of the world's diseases associated with eosinophilia and fever. A population-based mathematical matrix will rank these diseases in the form of a bar graph. You may then access detailed notes outlining the status of specific diseases for 'The World' as you would for any other 'country.'
Data regarding the clinical significance and ecology of all bacteria and mycobacteria have been added to the program, and may be accessed by pressing [More F2] in the relevant screens.
Diagnosis
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New disease added
Kikuchi's disease
Clinical database updated
California encephalitis, Eastern equine encephalitis, Hepatitis A, Norwalk agent gastroenteritis, Hookworm, Powassan, Toxocariasis
Epidemiology
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Global distribution updated
Eastern equine encephalitis, Hantavirus respiratory distress syndrome, Oesophagostomiasis, Paracoccidioidomycosis
Notes expanded or added:
All reportable diseases - Canada, Finland, France, Guam, Japan, Northern Marianas, Norway, Oman, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, United States (including historical data), Virgin Islands
Adenovirus infection - United States
Amebiasis - United Kingdom
Anthrax - Russia
Argentine hemorrhagic fever - Argentina
Babesiosis - United States
Blastomycosis - Zimbabwe
Bolivian hemorrhagic fever - Bolivia
Botulism - France, Italy, Spain
Brain abscess - United States
Brucellosis - France
Campylobacteriosis - Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom
Chlamydia infections - misc. - Canada, Norway
Clonorchiasis - China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Viet Nam
Chronic fatigue syndrome - Australia, United States
Cryptococcosis - United Kingdom
Cryptosporidosis - United Kingdom
Dengue - French Guiana, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama, Taiwan, The World
Diphtheria - Germany, Hungary, Russia, Spain, Turkey
Dracunculiasis - Pakistan
Eastern equine encephalitis - United States
Echinococcosis - granulosis - Italy
Escherichia coli diarrhea - Japan, United Kingdom
European tick encephalitis - Poland, Sweden
Giardiasis - United Kingdom, United States
Gnathostomiasis - Thailand
Hantavirus Resp. Distress Synd. - Brazil, Canada, United States
Hemorrhagic fever renal syndrome- Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Yugoslavia
Hepatitis A - China, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, New Zealand, United Kingdom
Hepatitis B - Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, United Kingdom
Hepatitis C - Egypt, Israel, Romania, United States
Hepatitis E - Israel, Saudi Arabia
Herpesvirus 6 - Hong Kong, United Kingdom, United States
Isosporiasis - United States
Japanese encephalitis - China, Japan, Taiwan
Kawasaki disease - Japan, United Kingdom
Laryngotracheobronchitis - United States
Legionellosis - France, United Kingdom
Leishmaniasis - cutaneous - Israel, Peru, United States
Leishmaniasis - visceral - Greece, Israel, Libya
Leprosy - New Caledonia, The World
Leptospirosis - New Zealand, Thailand
Listeriosis - Denmark, United Kingdom
Lyme disease - Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Yugoslavia
Measles - Chad, United Kingdom
Mediterranean spotted fever - Japan, Russia, Zimbabwe
Melioidosis - Thailand
Measles - Canada, Hungary, India, Spain
Meningitis - bacterial - Canada, France, French Guiana, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Reunion, United Kingdom
Mononucleosis - infectious - United States
Mumps - Hungary, Spain
Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection - United States
Necrotizing skin and soft tissue- Germany
Nocardiosis - France
Norwalk agent gastroenteritis - The World
Onchocerciasis - Guinea Bissau
Parainfluenza virus infection - United States
Parvovirus B19 infection - United Kingdom
Plague - Canary Islands, China, Madagascar, Mozambique, Spain, Zimbabwe, The World
Pneumonia - bacterial - United States
Pogosta disease - Finland
Poliomyelitis - China, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, The World
Powassan - Canada, United States
Onchocerciasis - Equatorial Guinea, Uganda
Q fever - Spain
Rabies - Canada, France, Germany, The World
Respiratory syncytial virus - United States
Reye's syndrome - Japan
Rubella - Oman
Salmonellosis - Germany, Japan, New Zealand
Schistosomiasis - japonicum - China
Septicemia - United States
Shigellosis - New Zealand, United Kingdom, The World
St. Louis encephalitis - Canada, United States
Strongyloidiasis - Namibia, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, The World
Tetanus - France, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Reunion, The World
Toxocariasis - Ireland
Toxoplasmosis - United Kingdom
Trichinosis - France
Trypanosomiasis - African - Ivory Coast
Trypanosomiasis - American - Chile, United States
Typhoid - France, French Guiana, Germany, Martinique, Reunion, The World
Typhus - scrub - Japan, Taiwan, Thailand
Urinary tract infection - United States
Venezuelan equine encephalitis - Venezuela
Vesicular stomatitis - United States
Western equine encephalitis - Canada, United States
Yaws - The World
High-impact global diseases
AIDS - All countries
Cholera - Albania, Argentina, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Spain, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tuvalu, United Kingdom, United States, Yugoslavia, Zaire, The World
Malaria - China, France, French Guiana, Guam, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, United Kingdom, The World
Tuberculosis - Albania, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guam, Hungary, Ivory Coast, Martinique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Marianas, Oman, Poland, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands, Yugoslavia, The World
Yellow fever - Nigeria
Therapy
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Drugs added - Cefdinir, Cefipirome, Cefodizime, Cefpodoxime, Fleroxacin
Pharmacology updated - Amantadine, Capreomycin, Clarithomycin, Dapsone, Enoxacin, Ethionamide, Fusidic acid, Minocycline, Rimantadine, Roxithromycin, Tazobactam/piperacillin, Tetracyclines, short-acting
Spectrum - Actinobacillus spp., Alcaligenes fecalis, Alcaligenes xylosoxidans, Cardiobacterium hominis, Chromobacterium violaceum, Edwardsiella tarda, Eikenella corrodens, Lactobacillus spp, Mycobacterium leprae, Vibrio vulnificus
Toxicity - Tazobactam/piperacillin
Interactions - Aminoglycosides [all], Aztreonam, Capreomycin, Cephalothin, Chloramphenicol, Chloroquine, Clindamycin, Cycloserine, Didanosine, Erythromycin, Fluoroquinolones [all], Furazolidone, Isoniazid, Mefloquine, Methenamine, Metronidazole, Nitrofurantoin, Polymyxins, Primaquine, Pyramethamine, Pyrantel, Quinacrine, Quinine, Rifampin, Tetracyclines - short acting, Vancomycin
Interactions database - Anticholinergics, Bismuth subsalicylate, Bromocriptine, Dysopyramide, Ergot alkaloids, Iron salts, Kaolin preparations, Levodopa, Lithium, Mexiletine, Primodone, Tocainide, Triazolam, Zinc salts
Microbiology
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New test added
PYR (L-pyrrolidonyl-beta-naphthylamide and related enzymes)
New taxa added
Actinomyces georgiae, Actinomyces gerencseriae, Aeromonas jandaei, Arcobacter butzleri, Aureobacterium spp., Bifidobacterium gallicum, Clostridium orbiscindens, Clostridium [human commensals - 34 added to program], Enterococcus flavescens, Enterococcus raffinosus, Eubacterium saphenus, Helcococcus kunzii, Kingella orale, Lactobacillus gallinarum, Lactobacillus johnsonii, Lactobacillus minutus, Lactobacillus rimae, Lactobacillus uli, Moraxella lincolnii, Mycobacterium celatum, Mycobacterium confluentis,
Mycoplasma penetrans, Mycoplasma spermatophilum, Peptostreptococcus hydrogenalis, Peptostreptococcus lacrimalis, Peptostreptococcus lactolyticus, Peptostreptococcus vaginalis, Prevotella nigrescens, Rhodococcus rhodochrous, Shewanella alga, Staphylococcus pasteuri, Streptococcus adjacens and Streptococcus defectivus (proposed for nutritionally-deficient streptococci), CDC group WO-1
Phenotypic database expanded
Acidivorax delafieldii, Actinomyces [all species], Aeromonas [all species], Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens, Bacillus [all species], Bacteroides gracilis, Bacteroides levii, Bacteroides macacae, Bacteroides urealyticus, Bartonella henselae, Campylobacter rectus, Capnocytophaga ochracea, Cardiobacterium hominis, Corynebacterium aquaticum, Corynebacterium [all species], Dichelobacter nodosus, Enterococcus [all species], Lactobacillus salivarius, Lactococcus spp., Leuconostoc spp, Morganella morganii,
Mycobacterium fortuitum complex, Oerskovia turbata, Oerskovia xanthineolytica, Pediococcus spp, Porphyromonas asaccharolytica, Porphyromonas endodontalis, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella denticola, Prevotella loescheii, Provotella melaninogenica, Provotella veroralis, Rochalimaea quintana, Shewanella putrifaciens, Staphylococcus capitus, Staphylococcus cohnii, Streptococcus dysgalactiae, Streptococcus equi, Streptococcus equisimilis, Streptococcus zooepidemicus, Streptococcus porcinus
Names changed
Campylobacter cryaerophilum to Arcobacter cryaerophilus
CDC ANF-1 to Corynebacterium afermentans
Enterococcus faecalis and faecium, and Streptococcus pneumoniae subtypes have been incorporated into single taxa
Flavobacterium breve to Empedobacter brevis
Flavobacterium indologenes to Chryseobacterium indologenes
Flavobacterium meningosepticum to Chryseobacterium meningosepticum
Flavobacterium mizutae to Sphingobacterium mizutae
Flavobacterium yabuuchiae to Sphingobacterium yabuuchiae
Kingella indologenes to Suttonella indologenes
Listeria murrayi has been incorporated into Listeria grayi
Rhodococcus aichiensis to Gordona aichiensis
Rhodococcus auranticus to Tsukamurella paurometabolum
Rhodococcus chubuensis and Rhodococcus sputi have been incorporated into Gordona sputi
Weeksella zoohelcum to Bergeyella zoohelcum
Streptococcus milleri group has been reassigned to Streptococcus anginosis, Streptococcus constellatus and Streptococcus intermedius
Streptococcus sanguis I group has been reassigned to Streptococcus crista, Streptococcus gordonii and Streptococcus sanguis
Streptococcus sanguis II to Streptococcus oralis
Xanthomonas maltophilia to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
If you have any additional information which you would like to see added to your GIDEON program, please let us know (forward relevant documentation, photocopy or reprint).
GIDEONews
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ICAAC in San Francisco, USA (September 17-20, 1995)
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